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starzhere
starzhere Member Posts: 162
edited June 2014 in Complementary and Holistic Medicine and Treatment

Has anyone here taken l glutamine to prevent chemo induced neuropathy?  If you have what protocol did you follow?

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  • coss
    coss Member Posts: 48
    edited August 2010

    It's been a couple of years for me but I seem to remember 10 grams 3 times a day for a daily total of 30 grams.  It was two scoops of powder dissolved in whatever you're drinking - - I used Crystal Light a lot -- and I drank it at meals so I wouldn't forget.  I had weekly Taxol, no neuropathy but my onc thought it was just a placebo effect.  I don't care, I'll take it.  Hopefully someone with more recent experience will chime in here.  I bought it at Super Supplements.

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  • dlb823
    dlb823 Member Posts: 9,430
    edited August 2010

    starz ~ I didn't do the I-glutamine (because I didn't know about it at the time), but I did use B6, and that helped noticeably with the neuropathy from TC.    Deanna   

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  • starzhere
    starzhere Member Posts: 162
    edited August 2010

    Thanks for the replies ladies.  I have heard so many different answers for the amount to take.  I had heard 10 grams 3xda on another forum.  I also heard that vitamin B6 & B12 were good. 

    Coss - several ladies told me either their oncologists or onc nurses told them about the l glutamine. 

    I'm a 21 year breast cancer survivor who is now facing ovarian cancer.  Many of the drugs are used for both.  I'm going to be getting IV Taxol and IP Cisplatin.  

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  • Julies_1st_story
    Julies_1st_story Member Posts: 7
    edited August 2010

    My oncologist prescribed 8-12grams 2x a day.  He also said it helps with inflammation of mucus membranes and burning, peeling, or swelling of the tongue.  I can verify that.  I got a tongue that felt like sand paper 5 days after receiving my first tch treatment at which time i had been taking 8g 2x/day and by the 8th day it was almost back to normal. I think if i had started taking it a week before the chemo it wouldn't have happened.  Now on day 11 my mouth has normal saliva production.  I wouldn't go through this without it.  I have also been on a vegan diet which i began 5 months before starting chemo.  I have experienced no nueropathy yet. I am also taking CQ10.

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